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Quiz about Completely Different Monty Python

Completely Different "Monty Python" Quiz

This is a quiz on the "Monty Python and the Flying Circus" television show. To make it a bit easier, all the questions are also from the "And Now for Something Completely Different" compilation.

A multiple-choice quiz by wyattsheff. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
wyattsheff

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
247,494

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2664

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: federererer (9/10), Guest 73 (6/10), BigTriviaDawg (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What breed was the parrot in the dead parrot sketch? Hint

African grey

Norwegian blue

Columbian Red

Brazilian green

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who kept attacking fit defenceless young men? Hint

Giant bananas

Angry Aardvarks

Gangs of old ladies

Accountants

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Question 3 of 10

3. What animal did the Accountant who wanted to be a Lion Tamer think was a Lion? Hint

Goldfish

Hamster

Anteater

Badger

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which famous battle did we see the Townswomen's Guild re-enact? Hint

Little Bighorn

Hastings

Agincourt

Pearl Harbor

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Python member played Bevis the lumberjack who Connie Booth thought was so butch? Hint

Graham Chapman

Michael Palin

Terry Jones

Eric Idle

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Upper-class Twit of the Year Award was won by who? Hint

Gervaise Brook-Hamster

Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris

Nigel Incubator-Jones

Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Ernest Scribbler invent? Hint

The world's unlikeliest story

The world's funniest joke

The world's shortest poem

The world's stupidest song

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Question 8 of 10

8. The self-defence teacher taught his students how to defend themselves against people attacking them with what? Hint

Goldfish

Pointy sticks

Fresh fruit

Elephant tusks

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Question 9 of 10

9. The language conversion phrase book that had been written incorrectly was English to which language? Hint

Swahili

Afrikaans

Romanian

Hungarian

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which national anthem did the man with a tape recorder up his nose play when he stuck his finger up his nostril? Hint

The Star-Spangled Banner

La Marseillaise

God Save the Queen

Das Lied der Deutschen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What breed was the parrot in the dead parrot sketch?

Answer: Norwegian blue

After finding his parrot was dead, an unsatisfied customer returns it to the pet shop. The parrot that was "pushing up the daisies" was a Norwegian blue, or was it just "pining for the Fjords".

2. Who kept attacking fit defenceless young men?

Answer: Gangs of old ladies

Yes, we saw gangs of old ladies beating men up with their handbags, before we saw the babysnatchers and gangs of vicious keep left signs also attacking young men also.

3. What animal did the Accountant who wanted to be a Lion Tamer think was a Lion?

Answer: Anteater

He had gone to the Careers Advice to get a job as a Lion tamer as being a Accountant was too dull. Unfortunately he thought Lions had long snouts and ate Ants.

4. Which famous battle did we see the Townswomen's Guild re-enact?

Answer: Pearl Harbor

The re-enactment was just a group of old ladies fighting each other with handbags in a muddy field.

5. Which Python member played Bevis the lumberjack who Connie Booth thought was so butch?

Answer: Michael Palin

Michael Palin played the lumberjack who cut down trees, wore high heels, suspenders and a bra.

6. The Upper-class Twit of the Year Award was won by who?

Answer: Gervaise Brook-Hamster

Brook-Hamster was champion after such challenges as "Waking the Neighbour", "Running Over the Old Lady" and the very tricky "Taking the Bra Off the Debutantes From Behind".

7. What did Ernest Scribbler invent?

Answer: The world's funniest joke

Yes, Ernest Scribbler invented the world's funniest joke. This joke was so funny anyone who read it died laughing. The joke was so deadly it was taken on by the military and was used against the Germans in the Second World War.

8. The self-defence teacher taught his students how to defend themselves against people attacking them with what?

Answer: Fresh fruit

The class we saw was how to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. When a student came at him with the banana, he just took out a gun and shot him.

9. The language conversion phrase book that had been written incorrectly was English to which language?

Answer: Hungarian

The English to Hungarian phrase book had been altered to make sayings such as "could you direct me to the railway station" be said as "please fondle my buttocks".

10. Which national anthem did the man with a tape recorder up his nose play when he stuck his finger up his nostril?

Answer: La Marseillaise

The man played La Marseillaise with one nostril and used the other nostril to rewind the tape recorder after it had finished playing. He also had a brother with a similar talent.

Source: Author wyattsheff

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